New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-02-04
ANOTHER FALSE WAR PANlC.
rpp REAL DRIFT OF EVENTS APPARENlhi
TOWARD PEACE.
lord HARTINGToN's SPEECH sTRENGihhNiNu
ToRY-UNIoNIsr ALLIANCE - AD'"Oi
RENDER OF THE PosTMAsrER-GEN-
ERAL TO THE STEAMSHIP COM
PANIEs-PERsONAI~

ERAL TO TIE SlEh"0''
PANIEs-PERS0NAL
my CABLE TO THE TRIBUNEl
,,,,. 1897. North American Gable Ntcs 70.
InSnox Feb 8-1he panic OF the lasV u"o
says had its origin in what think was Pc, y,
snterpretation Of an article in "Ihe beflih io'''
ube "bears" chose to cOnstrue thc lahe u"eo
,h.t semtofficial organ of the German roioeN
Oeice as equivalent to demand 1or ".n .a.u, "a
,ancfr's retirement from the war nt hut
France Probably 1t was nop so mo" ha'.o NO
ubetber il was so meant or not' w. ., cor-
va,iditv People, however, dld ho' sop ~.u.
Na"u.y. ,s',r,itv of Prince BisnarclIs officially
.adrossinO n reoucst of that sort to the french
T,varrment and everybody rushed TO sell stocN'
Tho bourses all over Europe being already In an
excessively sensitive state the "bears had tmhes
their own way for nearly two days. Prices nave
since rallied, to be succeeded to-day by announcer
drop, due to another scare. This war 1ever Is
Intermittent but the whole drift OF things during
the last three weeks is really more toward peace
Parliament is marking time with the usual mean
fngless monoony during the early part OF the ses-
sion. There has been not one speech OF reai in
portance for two days, but mostly dreary oisser'S
tions by the ounces of Speaker Peers pao>
benches. Perhaps MIR. Henry Chapllns attack Oh
Lord Randolph Churchill was an exception cer
taiply IL was effective as an attack ana @ ah
exposition Of the comic element In LORD hahooili'
Cburchills sudden concern for consistency. Mr..
Cuninghalne Grahamc may be anothcr .he ',ouS0
Thought him witty and certainly not commonplace.
Lord harrington shows q just sense OF ohe
value of the proceedindgs of the House by going
down to Newcastle in the midst of them Ills
speech there last night of more welghU anu
significance than anything yet heard in the House.
Irish hopes | am told, rose high when Lord KAN
dolph Churchill sneered at the Cnonist alliance
which he had SO lately described as essential
Lord Ualpngtons declaration VIII DrlnS theni
down again. His conceptions of policy and duty
depend in no degree on Lord Randolph ChurcmllS
oninions. which all sober Tories indeed repudlated
when they were expressed.
aIhe Daily News Is saddened by the New
castle statement and mourIfully records the
belief that it must be accepted as fresh declar@
ton of war; Certainly there is not the least sEh
of a loosening of the bond between the Ononls's
and the Tories Even sir William vernon liai-
courts dinner party next Saturday seems destined
In fail of its end. That diplomatic politician
thought something might come OF an entertain
ment where Mr.. Gladstone, Lord Harrington ana
Lord Randolph Churchill should meet; but Mr.
Gladstone has gone to liawarden, Lord llartlhS-
ton has declined the invitation, and Lord Kan
dolph Churchill is the only one of the tro DIS
posed to play Barliiss part.
The spectacle OF the day IS that OF the British
Postmaster General on his knees before the Liv'
erpool steamship ring. Messrs. Burns and lsmay
have proved too strong for Mr. Henry cecil
Rakes, whose STAFF some OF them' were
secretly or openly in favor of surrender. Fun
details Of the agreement are wanting but
surrender il is in substance. The claim OF the
Cunard and White Star companies 10 a monopoly
of the American mails is fully conceded. Nobody
who knows anything about the subject Is IN
posed upon by the paltry prctcXt thab specially
indorscd letters may go by other lines. The pup
lc unteachable by experience. relies on the fosI
Office to send letters by the fastest ships ana not
one in a hundred indorses letter, and not dozen
mail bags are ever sent by other than the regular
mail steamers The published assertions that the
White Star shiIs sailing on Wednesdays as a rule
regularly deliver letters in New-YOrk on Fridays
In time to he answered by Saturdays return
mail is simply impudcnb They cannot do it, 1t
Is not stated how long the new contracts are TO
run, nor the amount Of the subsidy. Mr. lsmays
elcverIess cxtorts from the panicstr1cken POST
masterG encral many other things not stated, but
what is clear Is that Mr.. RailSes returns to the old
system under which the business communities
Of both countries have groaned for ycars past.
Tie subject must come up In the House or
Commons but | see no prospect OF successful op
position TO this abect capituation. The mails
will be sacrificed to "JlnSo' feeling ABOUT
Br1tlsh sEips, and the public will be deluded by
the notion that the Admiralty has secured re-
serve squadron TO consist Of mercantile fleets
built to Admiralty designs. The plain truth Is
that under the new scheme there will be four ships
and four only sailing from Liverpool whose speed
enables them to compete with the German Lloyd
ships sailing from Southampton. You will hence
forward have practically mail weekly from
England t. America
Mr. Humphry Ward is a great improvement on
Mr. Coopcr Thomson editor Of Men of the
Iimc Of which the twelfth edition has Just ap
reared The book remains, however, below the
standard which the public has right TO expect
from q man Of Mr. Wards scholarship, literary
gifts and piacl cal training in journalism. This.
like previous editions includes many nobodies who
are allowed to blow their own trumpets. and eX-
eludes many somebodies 1t preserves no rule Of
proportion between biographies Of eminent and Of
obscure persons.
John s. Sargent, the American artist whose
three portrait pictures among the sensations
Of the last Royal Academy exhibition, has just
completed large work which is likely to supply
sesensation of u different kind. The time is
twilight, and the scene is a wilderness of carna-
tions azaleas and lilies, in the centre OF which
stand two children with lighted Chinese lanterns.
No more vivid daring piece Of color has lately
been seen, and few pictures with more subtle
effects Of light or more remarkable technical
power.
Bishop Potter, OF NcwYorll, has postponed sail
ing for home till Saturday week, not caring,
apparently, TO cross the Atlantic in the steamship
Scythia Tomorrow the ceremony at Lambeth
Palace takes place at too early an hour to enable
many who would like to do TO be present.
The Times always keen in ecclesiastical mat
ters. discusses this service through C lumn
editorial. 1t believes that every American gifted
with a historic must be touched by this
eommemolation of the act which marked the